Datakit is a privately-owned company specialised in CAD data exchange. It was founded in 1994 by Francis Cadin, convinced that the development of the use of CAx solutions was going to generate a large volume of CAD data exchange. The company has grown and has a staff of 28, more that twenty of whom work in R&D and technical support.

Headquarters are based in Lyon, France, with offices in Marseille, Carcassone and Paris. In 2006, Datakit Inc has been launched in Santa Barbara, California and the company is currently looking at a project to open an office in China.

These past years, Datakit drew 74% of its income from sales of software components, and the remaining 26% from the supply of plug-ins and stand-alone interfaces, sold either directly or through its worldwide dealer channel, and data transfer services. Turnover regularly increases thanks its consolidating business with major and niche software vendors worldwide. Repeat business, reflecting customer loyalty, and new accounts are keys factors of Datakit’s good results. Prospects for future are excellent and Datakit aims to continue the trend of positive growth and strenghten the company’s clear strategy towards greater profitability.

Datakit used to target the European market, which accounted for more than 60% of sales, followed by the USA and Asia that contributed around 29% and 8% of turnover respectively.

Its strategy is to take into account, not just the geometry definition, but to embody a product’s complete data architecture. As a specialist and a leader in its field, its success relies on its ability to address most of the fields where data of the model have to be extracted and used. Its field of action today addresses the reading, writing, healing, sharing needs of Data within a very heterogeneous worldwide environment. The company benefits recognition from the complete CAx community.